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Ihsahn (born 1975), born Vegard Sverre Tveitan, is a Norwegian guitar, bass, keyboard player and vocalist. He is best known for his work with Norwegian black metal band Emperor. He played in Peccatum with his wife Ihriel (real name Heidi S. Tveitan) until 2006 and has appeared in Thou Shalt Suffer, and Hardingrock and now devotes himself to his solo project, Ihsahn. In very early releases he went by the name Ygg.

Born in the town of Notodden, Norway, Tveitan began playing piano at seven and guitar at ten and began recording songs shortly thereafter. His influences range from heavy metal, classical, ambient and techno. He grew up on a large farm in rural Norway.

Tveitan first met his partner in numerous musical projects, Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen (a.k.a. Samoth) at the age of thirteen at a music seminar. Tveitan gained Haugen’s attention with his Iron Maiden patches. In 1991 they formed Thou Shalt Suffer together, a death/black metal band where Tveitan was guitarist and keyboardist. They produced several releases before Haugen left the band. Tveitan was left as the only member of the band and continues it to this day as a side-project.

After the departure of Haugen from Thou Shalt Suffer, the two formed Emperor where Tveitan again played guitar. Emperor had a much more refined black metal sound which showcased Tveitan’s developing keyboard sound, a distinct feature that would appear in his later releases.

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new album is gonna be so good seriously, can't wait

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Frozen Lakes On Mars is epic. [3]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mES87bucyg enjoy!

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egnops wrote:
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Don't like the new track.

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Highly enjoyable music.

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GothicRedneck13 wrote:
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Friggin' amazing man. "Frozen Lakes on Mars" is ver' nice. Really gives a good idea of how the next album will be...Can't WAIT.

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Frozen Lakes On Mars is epic. [3]

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Frozen Lakes On Mars is epic. [2]

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Frozen Lakes On Mars is epic.

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Guzeq wrote:
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Another masterpiece on its way

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mephistoledger wrote:
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any download for the new track ....??? streaming sucks

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Metal_Mitch wrote:
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the new song is incredible, his clean vocals are particularly awesome, I'm so stoked for this album

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Jesus, January is gonna be a phat month for music.

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New album? YEAH!

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Elion89 wrote:
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Great new song ! Can't wait for the new album ...

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new album comes out on Jan 26th. in the US.

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PavelMetal wrote:
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"This is my first album written with eight-string guitars as basis which has been both challenging and inspiring,” says Ihsahn.

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PavelMetal wrote:
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yeah, waiting for the After! Frozen Lakes On Mars very good stuff!

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Codswallop wrote:
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I'm pretty psyched about Jorgen Munkeby's contributions.

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His clean vocals are fantastic on the new song.

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